The Side Character Wants to Lie Flat - Chapter 40: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

“Here's what happened. I was in a desperate situation when I accidentally encountered a dragon. It told me I was a martial arts prodigy and said it would teach me the Dao of Immortality…” “This excuse for skipping class and cultivating in secret… is that seriously the reason?” “I don’t care whether it’s human or not, what matters is that the dragon said: ‘If you want to become strong, kneel and call me Master.’”

I was just taking a quiet late-night walk when I found… a child sleeping inside a dumpster.One thing led to another, and suddenly I became the accidental father of a kid no older than ten.The next morning, I woke up from a vivid dream. A mysterious Victorian woman whispering about “calamity, dungeons, portals, another world… yeah, good luck bro.” She said all of that in the most casually elegant Victorian tone imaginable.But the real nightmare started when a floating screen appeared in front of me, spouting nonsense about quests and objectives.The day I picked up a child in a dumpster was the day my ordinary life ended.And that was when our story truly began.

This is the tale of three souls, as they fuse into a single existence unlike anything this world has ever known. In a realm where soul essence decides power level, no one can guess what power a trinity of souls might reach. And all of it begins inside the body of an extra in a romance fantasy novel.(This may not be a story for everyone, and I wouldn't force you to enjoy it, or like it, and the writing style changes after chapter 16.)(Changed from first person to third person in the later chapters to avoid unnecessary POV Changes)Discord: cosmic_seer

Through a mysterious portal, Chen Jin arrived at this strange place – a post-apocalyptic world where civilization had been destroyed.